Ep 221. A Spiritual Journey with Thomas McConkie
Better Than Happy
Jody Moore
4.8 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Listen in on our discussion today as Thomas shares how he left the church and went on a journey of self-development that, in the end, brought him closer to God than he could have ever seen coming. Thomas has some incredible insights about our development through adulthood, as well as the power of combining mindfulness and faith.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jody Moore and this is Better Than Happy, episode 221, a spiritual journey with Thomas Maconkey. |
| 0:10.4 | This podcast is for people who know that living an extraordinary life is not easy or comfortable. |
| 0:16.1 | It's so much better than that. This is Better Than Happy and I'm your host Jody Moore. |
| 0:21.4 | Hey everyone, episode 221, I'm pretty sure it's going to be one of my highest downloads |
| 0:28.6 | because I have Thomas Maconkey to share with you today, the conversation that I had with him |
| 0:34.0 | a little while ago. So for those of you who aren't familiar with him or his story, that's okay |
| 0:40.4 | because we're going to break it all down for you in this conversation. I just want to thank Thomas |
| 0:46.9 | for the time that he took. You're going to hear just how thoughtful and still he gets as he speaks |
| 0:54.3 | to the questions I ask him here and he has such a fascinating and powerful story about his own |
| 1:00.4 | journey towards spirituality. I also want to thank his sister Claire for reaching out to me who is |
| 1:06.3 | a listener and follower and for connecting us and making this conversation happen. I know this |
| 1:11.4 | is going to be really powerful for all of you listening. Please enjoy my conversation with Thomas |
| 1:17.2 | Maconkey. Here we go. Thank you so much for taking the time to come on. My podcast is really |
| 1:22.8 | appreciate. I'm happy to. Thanks for the invite, Jody. So I thought to begin with, if you wouldn't mind |
| 1:27.8 | just telling people a little bit about you, especially you have a very interesting heritage. |
| 1:32.5 | A lot of my listeners are members of the church. So just kind of tell us a little bit about you, |
| 1:37.4 | Thomas, if you wouldn't mind. Well, I do come from Latter-day Saints stock. Yes, you do. |
| 1:44.1 | I'm trying to work that word out of my lexicon. Let's take a look at it. I mean, let us say Latter-day |
| 1:47.9 | Saint, that's appropriate. I think, oh man, do you have a style guide handy? How are we going to |
| 1:53.9 | have a something? I've looked it up and I think Latter-day Saint is an appropriate way to describe us, |
| 1:58.9 | but who knows? Is it inappropriate? Yes, it is. If you're talking about that, that's what we found |
| 2:05.2 | is that if you're talking about members of the church to call us Latter-day Saints is appropriate. |
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